Query currently active viewport camera

Query currently active viewport camera

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Query currently active viewport camera

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How do I query the current active camera in the viewport by code?
So the camera you currently see the viewport through?

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import maya.cmds as cmds
curCamera = 'persp'
for vp in cmds.getPanel(type="modelPanel"):
    curCamera=cmds.modelEditor(vp,q=1,av=1,cam=1)

see here:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27290602/how-to-query-current-viewport-renderer-in-maya